Joshua Emerson, Navajo Nation 24 years old Hometown: Phoenix/Tuscon, AZ “I care about the individual people in my community, and I want their lives to be happier. There is a strong connection between the productivity in an economy and the quality of life of the people in that economy.” Joshua is a member of the Navajo […]
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Meet the five Lakota teens traveling to Washington, DC as part of the Cheyenne River Youth Project’s Growing Into Wowachinyepi youth leadership program. Claudia Iron Hawk is 18 years old and a student at Cheyenne Eagle Butte High School. Her initiative focuses on Lakota language and culture revitalization. To strengthen her ties to her culture and language, Claudia […]
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When Champion for Change Mariah Gladstone was a young girl, she had a dream about cookies and her mom helped bring them to real life. She still dreams about food and turns them into recipes, only now, she produces her own cooking show called Indigikitchen. In this episode of Toasted Sister, a podcast about Native American foods, Mariah talks […]
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Jorge Martinez, Mazahua (Jñatrjo) and Mixtec (Ñuu Savi) 22 years old Hometown: San Gabriel Valley, CA Ancestral homes: Loma Pueblo in San Felipe del Progreso, State of Mexico Vergel Pueblo in Santiago Yosondúa, La Mixteca, Oaxaca “By investing back into our tribes, I reimagine a prosperous and healthy pueblo for my people that once more speaks […]
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